GRE Word List
PENDULOUS
poised without visible support
The meaning of the word pendulous is poised without visible support.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |
| fashion | the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| venison | the edible flesh of a game animal and especially a deer |
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |